April 04, 2007
Widgets will change your life
If you like AJAX, but hate coding or simply don't have time, widgets can bring you great stuff to configure and place anywhere online.
I have been using them for the following applications: Slide-show of blog-posts from an RSS feed (widgetbox.com); blidgets (convert a blog into a nice snippet: e.g. This blog's blidget on ruthvickdivecha.com's sidebar)
The cool advantage is - once the widget is placed on your webpage or blog, you can infinitely tinker and tweak from the widget-building website, in my case widgetbox.com
And did I mention that it is free? Coooool, infinitely.
formlogix even allows you to analyze data submitted via its form using tables, charts etc. Also, the form creator is Wysiwyg: and it rocks!
Widgets have cut my development life-cycle time by 90% (without learning a new language, switching to a new platform or hiring a developer). They help me create reliable, robust and flexible web components which I can tweak to my heart's wishes. If you are a busy web professional: widgets will be the next best thing after sliced macaroni... ok, ok sliced bread.
Posted by rdivecha at 01:47 PM | Comments (0)
Widgets will change your life
If you like AJAX, but hate coding or simply don't have time, widgets can bring you great stuff to configure and place anywhere online.
I have been using them for the following applications: Slide-show of blog-posts from an RSS feed (widgetbox.com); blidgets (convert a blog into a nice snippet: e.g. This blog's blidget on ruthvickdivecha.com's sidebar)
The cool advantage is - once the widget is placed on your webpage or blog, you can infinitely tinker and tweak from the widget-building website, in my case widgetbox.com
And did I mention that it is free? Coooool, infinitely.
formlogix even allows you to analyze data submitted via its form using tables, charts etc. Also, the form creator is Wysiwyg: and it rocks!
Widgets have cut my development life-cycle time by 90% (without learning a new language, switching to a new platform or hiring a developer). They help me create reliable, robust and flexible web components which I can tweak to my heart's wishes. If you are a busy web professional: widgets will be the next best thing after sliced macaroni... ok, ok sliced bread.
Posted by rdivecha at 01:47 PM | Comments (0)
January 23, 2007
OpenRico
Finally succeeded to implement an Ajax engine using the open source openRico framework (openrico.org).
Ah, patience, your fruit is sweet. Indeed, check out the latest version of this video player I have been working on. Nothing revolutionary in terms of features i am getting at (AJAX forms to email to friend, etc.) except the implementation of Rico's Accordion animated object that I find very cool.
http://michiganyoga.org/videoplayer/videolauncher.php
Wear thy hard hats!
Posted by rdivecha at 02:41 AM | Comments (0)
June 19, 2006
Web 2.0 Discovery: The Yahoo! API
Yahoo! has overtaken Google in the AJAX Open API deal. While Google opens up Maps and stuff, Yahoo! takes the wind out of the competition's sails by opening up the entire DHTML/XML/Javascript library for building rich internet applications. Free, even for commercial use.
I tried to play with it over the weekend, but need to work from Yahoo's examples, because it didn't quite work for me while following the API documentation. Probably syntax, schmintax.
Go here: http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/
YUI Library Controls:
* AutoComplete
* Calendar
* Container (including Module, Overlay, Panel, Tooltip, Dialog, SimpleDialog)
* Menu
* Slider
* TreeView
YUI Library Utilities:
* Event Utility
* DOM Collection
* Connection Manager
* Drag and Drop Utility
* Animation Utility
YUI Library CSS Tools:
* CSS Page Grids
* CSS Fonts
* CSS Reset
-- Noice, Maite.
Posted by rdivecha at 09:14 AM | Comments (0)
April 17, 2006
Get your feet wet with AJAX
This tutorial is geared towards PHP developers, assuming no JavaScript knowledge. (Non-Programmer + This tutorial = Nice)
http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/kassemi20050606.php3
Posted by rdivecha at 12:11 PM | Comments (0)
An Intro to AJAX (& then a sales pitch)
This is a sales pitch video, but it explains quite well AJAX within the big picture of web development.
http://www2.sys-con.com/webinararchive.cfm?registered=on&pid=57
Posted by rdivecha at 11:55 AM | Comments (0)